headphones on a quad 5

[c316buckeye]

Is it ok to use headphones through the external speaker jack? Not as worried about just listening as i am transmitting. i have not found anything on the web regarding this. That might be for a good reason, but the curiosity remains. Concern being difference in ohms, and if i would transmit with the headphones plugged in, would lightning bark between my ears or produce a squeal on the receiving end of the conversation? i haven't tried it out of respect for the radio..

 

[BC Coyote]

It's not a problem. Both external speakers and headphones operate at 8 ohms impedence..... Just make sure the volume is low before you jack in the 'phones (you don't want to damage your hearing!)
If the jack on the radio is wired mono you may only get audio out of one side of the headphones (a couple of my radios are like this, especially older ones).

 

[Cable Guy]

Some headphones have a much higher impedance. Still should be alright at low low volumes. Like bc said.

 

[dave457]

You can get a mono to stereo adapter on Amazon for about 5 bucks. That way you can get sound in both ears. Or just rewire the end connector.... very easy to do

 

[c316buckeye]

i thank you folks for all the information. already learned (the hard way) about the volume thing with headphones and the sds200. it landed on a trunked fire channel where 1 guy was yelling at another guy at some incident. blew me right out of my chair. eardrums registered 1.21 gigawatts